Show great success in a commercial way washington oct 31 general A W greeley chief signal officer of the army la hia annual report says that upon an hours notice the signal corps can furnish all equipment necessary for 1000 boika of communication studies of war in south africa and manchuria have shown deficiencies in tho american army only in connection with the fire control of field artillery direct telegraphic communication is now established with five military posts in alaska the commercial business has netted during the past year and it Is estimated will bo increased to annually the submarine cables of southeastern alaska are 2300 miles long I 1 general greeley says the gradients of ocean depths were found abrupt instead of gradual as was indicated by existent soundings speaking of the wireless work in alaska between nome and st michael general greeley says this Is the only long wireless telegraph system in the world it is believed that Is regularly operated as a part of a telegraph system handling commercial business on august ath 1904 it completed a year of uninterrupted service over its chui coui he of miles it has handled uninterruptedly the entire telegraphic business of nome and the reward peninsula which together with the official business averages several thousand words dally moie than a million words sent during the year many thousand being commercial code words in which no error has ever been traced to this section in a single hour there have been transmitted over this division 2 words without error or repetition CUDAHY PIPE LINE independence kansas oct 31 it i was reliably stated herfi today that the cudahy ino and refining company had secured from the st louis and san railway the right of dav aloag tho lattera tracks for their projected oil pipe line horn chelsea indian to st louia and that material for binks has already been ordered |